The Federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services now includes the use of anti-psychotic medications in the ratings for all nursing homes. Although the use of anti-psychotic medications can be necessary to treat some residents, frequently nursing homes...
Oklahoma ranks in the bottom 5 of all states in Medicare rating system for nursing homes in United States An exhaustive study recently released by the Kaiser Family Foundation compared the rankings of nursing homes nationwide.The Study analyzed the Medicare (CMS)...
One of the favorite tactics that nursing homes use is to insert arbitration clauses into the admission contracts. Then, when a resident is injured or killed by the nursing home’s abuse, the nursing home’s lawyers argue that the family cannot go to Court to seek...
In another victory for the right of a trial by jury, the Oklahoma Supreme Court struck down a nursing home arbitration agreement. In Johnson v. Convalescent Center of Grady County, LLC, 2014 OK 102, the Supreme Court held that if an arbitration agreement is signed by...
In 2015, the Oklahoma legislature is considering making significant changes in the law, changes that would affect nursing home residents statewide. Some of the important bills are: HB 1435: This bill would require Nurse Aides to keep their addresses on file...